{"author":"Jim Corbett","author_id":"Jim+Corbett","total_quotes":12,"quotes":[{"text":"Those who have never seen a leopard under favourable conditions in his natural surroundings can have no conception of the grace of movement, and beauty of colouring, of this the most gracefuL and the most beautiful of all animales in our Indian jungles.","author":"Jim Corbett","tags":["india","wildlife"],"id":10401,"author_id":"Jim+Corbett"},{"text":"There are events in one's life which, no matter how remote, never fade from memory.","author":"Jim Corbett","tags":["life","memory","past","reminiscence","remote"],"id":113039,"author_id":"Jim+Corbett"},{"text":"The word 'Terror' is so generally and universally used in connection with everyday trivial matters that it is apt to fail to convey, when intended to do so, its real meaning.","author":"Jim Corbett","tags":["fear","terror","words"],"id":115479,"author_id":"Jim+Corbett"},{"text":"The book of nature has no beginning, as it has no end. Open this book where you will, and at any period of your life, and if you have the desire to acquire knowledge you will find it of intense interest, and no matter how long or how intently you study the pages, your interest will not flag, for in nature there is no finality.","author":"Jim Corbett","tags":["forests","india","nature"],"id":242590,"author_id":"Jim+Corbett"},{"text":"I had spent many nights in the jungle looking for game, but this was the first time I had ever spent a night looking for a man-eater. The length of road immediately in front of me was brilliantly lit by the moon, but to right and left the overhanging trees cast dark shadows, and when the night wind agitated the branches and the shadows moved, I saw a dozen tigers advancing on me, and bitterly regretted the impulse that had induced me to place myself at the man-eater's mercy. I lacked the courage to return to the village and admit I was too frightened to carry out my self-imposed task, and with teeth chattering, as much from fear as from cold, I sat out the long night. As the grey dawn was lighting up the snowy range which Iwas facing, I rested my head on my drawn-up knees, and it was in this position my men an hour later found me fast asleep; of the tiger I had neither heard nor seen anything.","author":"Jim Corbett","tags":["adventure","biography","memoirs"],"id":258488,"author_id":"Jim+Corbett"},{"text":"When the people of our hills visit an individual for any particular purpose, as for instance to show their gratitude or to express their thanks, it is customary for them not to go on their mission empty handed.A rose, a marigold, or a few petals of either flower, suffices, and the gift is proffered in hands cupped together.","author":"Jim Corbett","tags":["gratitude","hills","india"],"id":260305,"author_id":"Jim+Corbett"},{"text":"No matter how often we fail in any endeavor, we never get used to the feeling of depression that assails us after each successive failure.","author":"Jim Corbett","tags":["depression","failure"],"id":266859,"author_id":"Jim+Corbett"},{"text":"There is no universal language in the jungles; each species has its own language, and though the vocabulary of some is limited, as in the case of porcupines and vultures, the language of each species is understood by all the jungle-folk.","author":"Jim Corbett","tags":["jungle","language"],"id":334464,"author_id":"Jim+Corbett"},{"text":"It is these big-hearted sons of the soil, no matter what their cast or creed, who will one day weld the contending factions into a composite whole, and make of India a great nation.","author":"Jim Corbett","tags":["great","india"],"id":337962,"author_id":"Jim+Corbett"},{"text":"It was as though the man-eater - for no other leopard would have killed the goat and laid it on the track- had said, 'Here, if you want your goat so badly, take it; and as it is now dark and you have a long way to go, we will see which of you lives to reach the village.","author":"Jim Corbett","tags":["dark","leopard","maneater","threat"],"id":412453,"author_id":"Jim+Corbett"}],"pagination":{"page":1,"page_size":10,"total":12,"pages":2,"next":"?page=2\u0026page_size=10"}}